Title 6 — Education
62 chapters · 2,849 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-510 Formation of district — Election — Petition
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(a) Upon certification of the State Community College Board that the formation of the proposed district is feasible and would conform to the requirements of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, § 6-61-211 [repealed], §§ 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, §§ 6-61-301 — …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-511 Formation of district — Election — Notification to county board of election commissioners
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Within ten (10) days of the receipt and verification by the Secretary of State of the sufficiency of the petitions, he or she shall notify the county board of election commissioners of each county of which any portion is in the proposed community college district that an election…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-512 Formation of district — Election — Date
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The date of the election shall be set by the Secretary of State in accordance with § 7-11-201 et seq.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-513 Formation of district — Election — Ballot
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(a) The State Community College Board shall specify the wording of the ballot to be used for each election to create a community college district utilizing appropriate language similar to that provided in subdivision (c)(1) of this section. (b) (1) The ballot for the election sha…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-514 Formation of district — Election — Conduct
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The election shall be conducted by the county board of election commissioners in the manner provided by law for special elections, and the ballots shall be marked by each elector, and the returns thereof shall be tabulated, certified, and reported as provided by law.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-515 Formation of district — Election — Results
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(a) (1) If a majority of the qualified electors of the proposed district voting thereon at such election shall vote for the establishment of the district, the district shall be established in the manner provided in this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, § 6…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-516 Formation of district — Election — Reconstituted district
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If the election fails because of an adverse vote in one (1) or more counties or cities in a proposed district of multiple counties or cities, a proposed reconstituted district eliminating the counties or cities which cast the adverse vote in an election may be called within ninet…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-517 Formation of district — Ad valorem taxes
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(a) The ad valorem tax levied by a district, or so much thereof as shall be necessary, shall be a continuing levy until reduced in the manner provided in this subchapter. (b) The tax shall be collected in the manner provided by law for the collection of county general taxes and p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-518 Reconstituted districts
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(a) When it is proposed that a county or city join an existing community college district, an election may be held in the proposed city or county to be added to determine whether the proposed reconstituted district shall be established after a petition requesting that the county …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-519 Dissolution of district — Reduction or repeal of tax
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(a) A community college district may be dissolved or the millage tax voted reduced or repealed, with the exception of the millage required to service any outstanding bonds, upon approval thereof by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting on the issue at an ele…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-520 Local boards — Establishment — Members
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(a) The local control of each community college shall be vested in a local board composed of nine (9) members who are residents and qualified electors of the community college district. (b) (1) All members shall be elected for terms of six (6) years by the qualified electors of t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-521 Local boards — Powers and duties
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(1) The powers and duties of the local board shall be as follows:(1) To select its own chair and such other officers as it may deem desirable from among its own membership;(2) To adopt and use a seal;(3) To determine, with the advice of the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-522 Limitations on operations
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(a) Participation of community colleges in intercollegiate athletic programs shall be limited to basketball, volleyball, and spring sports, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section. (b) Community colleges may participate in an intercollegiate football program provided…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-523 Student fees
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(a) Tuition. (1) The intent of this section, §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, §§ 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, §§ 6-61-301 — 6-61-305, § 6-61-401, § 6-61-402, §§ 6-61-501 — 6-61-522, § 6-61-524, and §§ 6-61-601 — 6-61-603 is to make community college programs available to a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-524 Agreements for sharing of facilities, personnel, and services
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(a) Community colleges established under the authority of Arkansas Constitution, Amendment 52 and the laws enacted pursuant thereto, are authorized, upon application, review, and approval thereof by the State Community College Board, to enter into agreements with any postsecondar…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-525 Housing allowance
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Upon approval by the appropriate community college or technical college board of trustees, the president or the chancellor of each community college or technical college may receive a housing allowance in an amount not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) per mont…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-526 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-526Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-527 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-527Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-528 University Center of Arkansas Northeastern College — Definitions
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(a) In order to provide the residents of northeastern Arkansas with greater access to higher education opportunities beyond those which can be provided by the Arkansas Northeastern College, there is hereby created the university center at the Arkansas Northeastern College. The pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-529 Local boards — Appointment or election of members
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(a) (1) Within sixty (60) days after April 19, 1995, the local board of each community college shall, by resolution, choose:(A) To continue as a board whose members are elected; or(B) To become a newly constituted board whose members are appointed by the Governor under the provis…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-530 Local boards — School district representation
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(a) If the members of the local board of a community college are elected at large and if the community college district is composed of more than one (1) school district, but not all the school districts in the county, the board may apportion a certain number of positions on the b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-531 Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy — Establishment
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(a) The Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy is established as a satellite center of the University of Arkansas at Monticello. (b) The academy shall be the Arkansas single-source academy offering statewide services and satellite training for the operation of heavy e…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-532 Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy — Operation
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(a) (1) (A) The Director of the Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy shall follow hiring procedures consistent with the policies of the University of Arkansas at Monticello in recommending academy personnel for hire.(B) The Chancellor of the University of Arkansas a…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-533 Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy — Funding
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(a) (1) All legislatively appropriated funds, tuitions, grant moneys, and donations designated for the Arkansas Heavy Equipment Operator Training Academy shall be specifically used for the operation of the academy.(2) If the General Assembly does not provide funding for the acade…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-534 Southeast Arkansas College — Priorities
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(1) A high priority of the Southeast Arkansas College is to provide:(1) University transfer courses;(2) Industrial training in the work place; and(3) Encouragement for degree acquisition. (1) University transfer courses; (2) Industrial training in the work place; and (3) Encourag…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-535 Southeast Arkansas College — Reimbursements
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(a) The Board of Trustees of Southeast Arkansas College may reimburse tuition, fees, and other education-related expenses of current faculty who seek additional education levels that will benefit Southeast Arkansas College in meeting accreditation and professional standards. (b) …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-601 General operations — State funds
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(a) Funds for the general operation of an adequate comprehensive educational program shall be provided by the state. (b) (1) Prior to the beginning of each biennium, the local board of each community college shall develop an estimate of budget requirements for the operation of th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-602 General operations — Millage taxes
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(a) The local board of a community college may:(1) Spend larger sums of money than the state funds provided for the community college consistent with the state law; and(2) Levy a millage:(A) To provide additional funds to acquire and construct the community college;(B) To retire …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-603 Capital outlays generally
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Capital outlay expenses shall be paid from gifts, grants, profits from auxiliary enterprises, tuition, fees, local millages, and other local funds and may be paid from state funds appropriated for such purposes.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-613 Purchases from board members and employees
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(a) (1) The board of directors of each community college may adopt written policies authorizing the community college to purchase commodities and services from members of the board and employees of the community college.(2) The board may restrict the purchases to competitive bids…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-701 Legislative findings and purpose
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(a) In the passage of this subchapter, the General Assembly is cognizant of the fact that the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board, acting under the authority of §§ 6-61-101 — 6-61-103, §§ 6-61-201 — 6-61-209, § 6-61-211 [repealed], §§ 6-61-212 — 6-61-216, §§ 6-61-301 — 6…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-702 Definition — Name of district and college
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(a) Whenever the term “Polk County community college district”, “the Polk County community college”, or “the Polk County community college district board” is used in this subchapter, the term is used solely for the purpose of referring to a community college district to be establ…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-703 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-703Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-704 Transfer of title to certain land
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Title to the following-described lands in Polk County, State of Arkansas, belonging to the State Board of Career Education and Career Opportunities and used for the operation of the Rich Mountain Vocational-Technical School, is transferred to and shall become the property of the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-705 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-705Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-706 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-706Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-707 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-707Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-708 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-708Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-801 Title
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This subchapter may be cited as the “Arkansas Research Development Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-802 Intent
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It is the intent of this subchapter to provide a source of funding to established research groups in publicly supported universities in this state in order to secure long-term benefits for such groups so that they may become recognized as leaders in their fields of endeavor and t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-803 Arkansas Research Development Program created — Administration
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There is created a program to be known as the “Arkansas Research Development Program”, which shall be administered by the Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education.
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-807 Funds — Uses
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Funds may be made available for administration of the Arkansas Research Development Program, for purchasing state-of-the-art equipment, for minor renovation of laboratory space, for publication of findings, for employing scientists or research assistants, and for providing any ot…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-808 Applications for funds
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(a) Application for the funds provided for the Arkansas Research Development Program may be made by any publicly supported university in the State of Arkansas. (b) (1) The Commissioner of the Division of Higher Education shall review the applications and shall approve application…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-809 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 6-61-809Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-901 Purpose
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In order to enhance the public's access to performance indicators and to better measure the dividends paid on the increasing public investment in Arkansas's institutions of higher education, the General Assembly finds that a separate office of accountability should be established…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-61-902 Office of Accountability within Division of Higher Education
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(a) There is created the Office of Accountability within the Division of Higher Education. (b) The office is authorized and directed to collect and analyze information that may be required to meet any state or federal requirement. (c) Under the direction of the Commissioner of th…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-1001 Coverage required
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(a) All two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education shall be required to provide workers' compensation coverage for their employees. (b) Coverage shall be provided for losses incurred while performing work for the two-year or four-year public institution of hig…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-1002 Election to provide self-funded coverage
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(a) Claims incurred on and after the effective date that a public institution of higher education elects to provide self-funded coverage under this subchapter shall be the responsibility of the two-year or four-year public institution of higher education. (b) Claims incurred prio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-1003 Private, municipal, or self-funded coverage
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(a) Two-year and four-year public institutions of higher education may provide workers' compensation coverage through private carriers, municipal self-funding groups, or one (1) or more self-funded entities or groups. (b) Self-funding groups established for this purpose shall mee…
Ark. Code Ann. § 6-62-1004 Election to provide coverage through Public Employee Claims Division
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Nothing in this subchapter shall require two-year or four-year public institutions of higher education to provide workers' compensation coverage through one (1) or more self-funded entities or groups, and an institution may elect to provide coverage through the Public Employee Cl…